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Originally Posted by Jay H 237
The Mustang is used for car shows and cruises only. I've been slowly restoring it since I bought it in '98. It's Acapulco blue with black interior originally from Costa Mesa, CA. I even have paperwork from the original owner. It has 81,000 on the original 289 under the hood. It also has a C-4 automatic, power steering, and AM radio(converted internally to FM). I've also brought it to some of team 237's fundraisers to attract attention to our team.
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Almost every classic sport car I have seen is an automatic. Unless you have some insight, my personal theory is that all the manual transmissions were driven much harder and raced, thus making them less likely canidates for rebuilt/restore. My neighbor has a restored late 60s Mustang with a 427 and a manual transmission. He took me for a ride, and when we hopped on the freeway told me hold on and punched it. That was one of the best feelings ever, leaving my stomach far behind.
Wetzel